On this day in...
753BC - Rome was founded.
1967 - The police started using helicopters.
1988 - The Bank of England replaced pound notes with pound coins.
1997 - An Athens taxi driver discovered his wife was cheating on him when a passenger asked to be taken to the cabbie's home, and let himself in.
2004 - Ten bombs exploded on rush hour trains in Madrid, killing nearly 200 people and injuring almost a thousand.
2004 - The Archers had its first gay kiss.
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